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Fastenal (FAST) reported $1.96 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.4%. EPS of $0.52 for the same period compares to $0.52 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.63% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.95 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.52, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Fastenal performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
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Business days: 63 Days versus 63.17 Days estimated by six analysts on average.
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Daily sales: $31.10 compared to the $31.51 average estimate based on four analysts.
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Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend signings (MEUs): 6,418 versus 7,281 estimated by two analysts on average.
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Number of branch locations: 1,587 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,583.
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Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend installations (MEUs; end of period): 129,996 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 129,887.
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Shares of Fastenal have returned +2.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -6.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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